Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - April 02, 2012.

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                                            FRIDAY           PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)         90.61/90.66        90.62/90.67

Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                90.90/91.10        90.95/91.15

Karachi 100-share index                  13,761.76          13,559.10

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                     49,144             49,285

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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS

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Treasury bill auction results:

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on         March 21            March 7

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Three-months bills                         11.8742            11.8283

Six-month bills                            11.9420            11.8970

12-month bills                             11.9396            11.9396

Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on         March 14             Feb 15

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11.25 percent coupon, three-year PIB       12.5890            12.4459

11.50 percent coupon, five-year PIB        12.9389            12.8089

11.75 percent coupon, seven-year PIB          -                     -

12.00 percent coupon, 10-year PIB          13.1999            12.9091

12.50 percent coupon, 15-year PIB             -                     -

13.00 percent coupon, 20-Year PIB               No                 No

                                        B/Received         B/Received

13.75 percent coupon, 30-year coupon          -                     -

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending                               March 23           March 16

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Total liquid frx reserves                  $16.441 bln     $16.39 bln

Forex held by central bank                 $11.767 bln     $11.67 bln

Forex held by commercial banks              $4.674 bln      $4.72 bln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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                                              LAST                PVS

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Consumer price index  Feb                      n/a                n/a

Change mth/mth (pct)  Feb                     0.30               1.54

Change yr/yr (pct)    Feb                    11.05              10.10

Wholesale price index Feb                      n/a                n/a

Change mth/mth (pct)  Feb                      n/a                n/a

Change yr/yr (pct)    Feb                      n/a                n/a

Trade Balance         Feb                    $-1.43 bln     $-1.7 bln

Exports               Feb                      n/a                n/a

Imports               Feb                      n/a                n/a

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR                                2010/11            2009/10

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Population (millions)                      *177.18             173.51

Per capita income                            $1254              $1073

External debt (billion dlr)                *$59.53             $55.90

Total F.debt as pct of GDP                     n/a                n/a

Domestic debt (billion rupees)              *5,594              4,894

Total domestic debt as pct of GDP              n/a                n/a

Gross domestic product growth                 *2.4 pct        3.8 pct

Manufacturing sector growth                   *1.7 pct        4.9 pct

Services sector growth                        *4.1 pct        2.9 pct

Agricultural sector growth                     n/a                n/a

Commodity producing sector growth              n/a                n/a

Average consumer price inflation             *14.1 pct       11.5 pct

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)                    4.3 pct        6.3 pct

Trade balance (FBS July-June)              $-15.59 bln    $-15.42 bln

Exports                                     $24.83 bln     $19.29 bln

Imports                                     $40.41 bln     $34.71 bln

Current a/c balance                           $268 mln    $-3.456 bln

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